Cilantro

Cilantro is the name used in American English for the leaves of the herb coriander. US English continues to call the seeds 'coriander'; in British usage, all parts of the plant are known as coriander.

Etymological note: coriander, part of the botanical name Coriandrum sativum, is derived from the Greek κορίαννον, through the Latin coriandrum and French coriandre. Cilantro comes from Spanish culantro, which goes back to an early popular Latin variant coliandrum. This may be ascribed to the greater influence of hispanophones on the American varietyof English.